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A large percentage of our business is concerned with getting ‘ran when parked’ cars —or those even less fortunate— up and running for the first time in 30 or 40 years. The first question on the tip of every driver’s tongue, after the obligatory “Can you save it?” is “How much will it cost?” That […]

When it comes time for a new paint job for your British sports car, it is tempting to head down to the local budget-oriented paint shop for the $499 deal, pick out a flashy color, and be done with whole ordeal as quickly as possible. As we’ve discussed elsewhere , getting a paint job done […]

At Sports Car Craftsmen, our dedication to authenticity and our attention to detail often result in weeks of research and surprising discoveries. Between our vast collection of original parts, our library of original shop and parts manuals, dozens of reference texts, and our years of experience, we can reconstruct the evolution of these cars over […]

Fewer cars offer a higher fun/money ratio than Spridgets, although I believe it’s largely an illusion due to the car’s size and inherent steering responsiveness. When the driver’s rear end is located mere inches above the pavement and one looks eyeball-to-eyeball with an adjacent semi’s lugnuts, it doesn’t take extraordinary performance to make one of […]

When considering a TR6 for purchase, looking carefully at the items listed on the following checklist will quickly sort out a good candidate from a bad one. With a cursory 10 minute scrutiny, one should be able to quickly detect most of the items that would lead to huge repair costs down the road. This […]

Would you buy a house without an inspection? Don’t take a chance on that great bargain in the newspaper, or worse yet, on the internet. Often times you are buying trouble and the car has cleverly been prepped to appear “too good to be true” at a “real steal”. British Car Inspection We will inspect […]

In keeping with Sports Car Craftsmen’s venerable tradition of supercharging cars at every available opportunity, we jumped at the chance to make this TR-250 the first car in the country to be supercharged with Moss Motor’s latest conversion kit. Between the original overdrive and the supercharger, this singular piece of British automotive history is now […]

You’re looking at a special piece of MG history. Only 2,111 Twin Cams (numbers 501 to 2,611) were made in the short two year production run from 1958 through 1959. This later model example is one of the last Twin Cams made and is identified by the larger later style turn signal and taillamps. It […]

One of the most distinctive body styles ever to grace a British sports car is the 1958-61 Mk I Sprite, known affectionately as the “Bugeye” due to its unique headlamp fairings. Motor enthusiasts and critics alike loved the looks and handling, but many though the original 948 cc engine was woefully underpowered at only 45 […]

The Harrington is not your average British car. In a country where British car spotting is a rare sport akin to bird watching, the Harrington Alpine is the Great Albatross: known by experts, part of a larger legend, and rarely seen this far inland. Harrington Special The Harrington is in fact a Sunbeam Alpine modified […]